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By: Donald Makhafola6th April 2018
Advancing and applying smart technology is improving miners' ability to delineate geological structures more accurately, which is important because a key aspect that affects safety in the sector is the variability of rock mass characteristics over time and space, says consulting engineers and... →

By: Mariaan Webb23rd November 2017
The mining industry has to pull together to make it an attractive career option for young people if the industry is to sustain itself, Evolution Mining chairperson Jake Klein said on Thursday, expressing concern about the low number of mining engineering enrolments and graduates at two Australian... →

By: Creamer Media Reporter 10th August 2016
A new report by the Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET) has found that Australia is lagging behind its main competitor nation, Canada, in the strategic use of economic diplomacy involving mining interests, and has found that there is a strong case for closer collaboration between the... →

By: Dylan Slater24th June 2016
Global management consulting company VCI released its third edition of its yearly report on innovation in the global resource industry during the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy’s New Technology and Innovation in the Mining Industry colloquium, which was held from June 9 to 10... →

By: Esmarie Swanepoel18th April 2016
The competitiveness of Australia’s oil and gas sector has been given a boost with federal funding for research.
The Australian Research Council (ARC) on Monday announced that it would spend A$4.9-million and A$4.5-million respectively to fund the ARC Research Hub for Offshore Floating Facilities... →

24th March 2016
Australian scientists have discovered a potentially new way of exploring for platinum, after linking specialist bacterial communities found in biofilms on the grains of platinum-group metals (PGMs) at three separate locations around the world.
Senior lecturer at the University of Adelaide, Dr... →

By: Esmarie Swanepoel9th September 2015
The Western Australian state government on Wednesday announced plans for a research programme to map sulphur concentrations to make gold exploration more efficient and productive. The project, funded through a A$90 000 Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA) scholarship, was... →

By: Esmarie Swanepoel9th July 2015
The Western Australian state government has appointed environmental scientist and researcher Dr Tom Hatton as the new chairperson of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).
The appointment would run for an initial five-year period, and would start on November 5. →

By: Martin Creamer1st August 2014
Main Activity of the Company: Nordgold is a pure-play emerging-markets gold producer established in 2007. In 2013, Nordgold’s nine mines, located in the Commonwealth of Independent States and West Africa, produced 924 400 oz of gold Date and Place of Birth: August 22, 1966, Paarl, South Africa... →

By: Esmarie Swanepoel3rd June 2014
Companies are spending significantly less on mineral exploration, especially in Western Australia, new figures by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show.
Exploration expenditure during the three months to March fell by 8.3% quarter-on-quarter and by 34.1% year-on-year to A$487.7-million.... →

By: Leandi Kolver5th March 2014
Australia’s total mineral expenditure decreased significantly during the three months ended December 2013, the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have shown. This was of concern to the exploration and mining sector, the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies... →

By: David Oliveira13th September 2013
Australian federal Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Minister Kim Carr announced, on August 8, that the University of Western Australia (UWA) has doubled its capacity to help find new mineral ore deposits through funding for a new nano-secondary ion mass spectrometer (NanoSIMS) imaging... →

By: Creamer Media Reporter 24th June 2013
This conference provides a platform for those involved in the geosciences to interact and share information on commodity explorations, developments in current mineral deposits and gain additional insight in Geoscience techniques from both academic and industry points of view. The geological... →

By: Esmarie Swanepoel26th April 2013
Gold miner Noble Mineral Resources has appointed Craig Dawson as it CEO, effective from July 22.
A mining engineer by profession, Dawson also holds an MBA from the University of Western Australia and is member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and a Graduate Member of the... →

By: Esmarie Swanepoel27th September 2012
The Australian government would be investing some A$48-million into the development of the National Geosequestration Laboratory (NGL), in Western Australia.
The facility would look to advance carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. →

By: Esmarie Swanepoel19th March 2012
Greens leader Bob Brown on Monday said that the party would support the passing of the minerals resource rent tax (MRRT) through Parliament later in the day, despite suggesting changes to the legislation.
In a letter to Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Brown called on the government to review the... →